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Mountain lions in these more remote regions were also typically more active at dawn and dusk. Female mountain lion P13 in the central and western Santa Monica Mountains was the least nocturnal animal.

This June 2013 remote camera image shows a male mountain lion known as P-30 roaming in the Santa Monica Mountains, Calif. A mountain lion's scientific name, Puma concolor, means cat of one color.